The League and the 19th Amendment turned 100 in 2020!
In anticipation of the 19th Amendment's passage giving women the right to vote, the League of Women Voters was first proposed at the National American Woman Suffrage Association's (NAWSA) convention March 24, 1919, and within a month charters were obtained for the League of Women Voters of Rhode Island and the League of Women Voters of Providence. The League of Women Voters national organization was formally established on February 14, 1920 at the NAWSA convention in Chicago. History LWVUS
The 19th Amendment was passed and signed into law August 26, 1920!
Rhode Island Centennial Celebration
RI SUFFRAGE AND HISTORY
"Bleeding feet wore smooth the path by which you climb up today."
A talk given by Elizabeth C. Stevens at a League of Women Voters meeting, Rhode Island Statehouse, April 10, 2019.
The Struggle for Woman Suffrage in Rhode Island
Essay by Elizabeth C. Stevens, Ph.D., Editor, Newport History
"Historical Perspectives on Woman Suffrage: Rhode Island and Beyond."
URI College of Arts and Sciences Virtual panel featuring
historians Elizabeth Stevens and Elisa Miller and political scientist Emily Lynch.
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Rhode Island’s Two Unheralded Suffragists
By Russell DeSimone
National Votes for Women Trail
National Collaborative for Women's History Sites
Women's suffrage in Rhode Island
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
History of Woman Suffrage: Volume 4 (Rhode Island 1868-1900, pgs. 907-927 pdf)
History of Woman Suffrage: 1900-1920 (Rhode Island, pgs. 565-578 pdf) edited by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan Brownell Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage, Ida Husted Harper
The Story of a Sub-Pioneer by Sarah M. Algeo
